Active clinical trials for "Tuberculosis"

Nasal, tracheal and bronchial sampling of MLF in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF), sarcoidosis, tuberculosis(TB), asthma and COPD. Similar sampling from healthy controls for comparative data. Aim: To characterise the molecular basis of the upper and lower airway mucosa inflammatory response in different respiratory diseases. To assess molecular biomarkers and signatures to see if these can aid diagnosis, stratification of these respiratory diseases. To direct personalised medicine and rationalise therapy. Outcome measures:Measurement of levels of inflammation, coagulation, complement activation and fibrosis in MLF, transcriptomics from nasal curettage and airway brushings and to assess the tolerability of absorption procedures in these patients.

The purpose of this study is to examine the epidemiology of TB MR in Strasbourg and evaluate the second-line anti-tuberculosis treatments effectiveness, and the relevance and adequacy of the treatments with WHO recommendations. During years 2006-2016, all new cases of MDR TB or XDR TB diagnosed Strasbourg University Hospital will be included in the study (22 cases). Data were collected from the Center for Tuberculosis Control (CLAT) records, the patient's medical records.

This study compares blood levels of tuberculosis medications between diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients. There is some research that suggests these medications are at lower levels in diabetic patients with tuberculosis, and this could adversely affect the outcome of their infection. Diabetic patients are at higher risk of dying or having a severe episode of tuberculosis therefore it is important that their care is optimised as far as possible. To answer the research question all participants in the study will have an extra blood sample drawn at the same time as their routine blood tests which are used to monitor their tuberculosis treatment. Some participants will have additional blood samples taken at different times to give a more accurate picture of the medication levels in their bloodstream. The study will be conducted in the tuberculosis clinics at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and will include adult patients with and without diabetes who have recently been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Some other information about their routine medications, weight and height, and severity of diabetes will also be collected, to see if these affect the medication levels in the bloodstream as well.

The principal objective is to evaluate a cure rate and number of adverse events of with confirmed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patient treated with a 9months regimen.

Background: Drug resistant tuberculosis is a serious public health problem that threatens the health of human life and the development of society and economy. At present, the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis mainly depends on traditional drug susceptibility test. But it is limited in Mycobacterium tuberculosis slow growth speed, traditional solid drug sensitivity test usually need to 3 months to results, delay the development of drug resistance in patients with effective treatment. Probe melting curves resistance detection technology is the recent emergence of a new molecular biology and drug resistant tuberculosis detection technology, probe melting curves with different fluorescent labeled probe coverage detection specific to M.tuberculosis drug resistance determining region, through changes in the melting point of the probe hybridization, acquire mutation information of detection region, shorten detection time and detect nonuniform resistance. In this study, by selecting a nationally representative in different levels of hospitals jointly launched multi center, large sample clinical assessment, completed the comprehensive evaluation of sensitivity, specificity and health economics of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, especially resistance to multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB patients detection,in order to evaluate the rapid, accurate and economic and appropriate technology of drug resistance pulmonary tuberculosis detection. In order to accomplish the overall goal of the project, in the framework of the overall design, according to the principles of the core tasks are divided into four sub topics, namely: Sub topic 1 of the core mission is included in 3100 cases of smear positive pulmonary TB suspicious symptoms, from which selected more than 1000 cases of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients, using MGIT liquid culture and drug sensitivity test as the gold standard,evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of probe melting curves in detction of resistance of four kinds of anti tuberculosis drug to Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Sub topic 2 core task is including at least 500 cases of culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and treatment follow-up, using MGIT liquid culture and drug sensitivity test as the gold standard, evaluate the application value of probe melting curves for monitoring spectrum changes of drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. The core mission of sub topic 3 is to project implementation of hospital as the research site,acquire the cost-effect evaluation and analysis by comparing probe melting technology with Mycobacterium tuberculosis MGIT liquid culture, and drug sensitivity test with xpert MTB/RIF technology.

The aim of this study to evaluate clinical efficacy of tiotropium in patients with airflow obstruction due to Tuberculosis (TB) destroyed lung.

Approximately 225 samples, obtained from participants with varying risk factors for TB infection and disease, will be tested using the QFT Access Kit and the comparator device QFT-Plus.

This study will be conducted in Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases and Department of Medicine, Dow Medical College, Karachi both affiliated with Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan after IRB approval. All patients of either gender with clinical suspicion of PTB on history, examination and CXR and not expectorating sputum or less than 1 ml will be included in the study. Patients with extra pulmonary tuberculosis, those with age < 12 years will be excluded. Demographic data of selected patients including age, gender, contact with PTB patient will be collected. Data will be entered in study proforma. Selected patients will undergo bronchoscopy using Olympus 180 series video bronchoscope. Bronchial Wash will be done and 3 aliquots of BW samples will be collected by suctioning. One part of washing will be immediately inoculated in AFB Culture media and second will be submitted for Xpert MTB/RIF testing. Third part will be centrifuged, and sediment will be subjected to AFB microscopy after staining with Ziehl-Neelsen technique. Results of microscopy and Xpert MTB/RIF will be collected next day, and treatment will be started if MTB comes positive, while results of AFB Culture will be collected after 6 weeks and treatment will be started if not already started on previous reports. Sensitivity/Resistance pattern will be recorded for both Xpert MTB/RIF and ABF Culture. The sample size of 72 was taken for conduct of study. Sample size calculations were done using PASS software version 15.0. Frequency of positive tests will be calculated. Mean age will be calculated according to gender and compared by Student's t-test. Sensitivity & specificity of tests will be calculated using online calculator by VassarStats. Frequency of positive yield of Xpert MTB/RIF will be compared to that of microscopy by χ2- test. P-value of <0.05 was considered significant.

Tuberculosis and HIV continue to be major public health problems in resource constrained settings like Zambia. Zambia is among the top 30 highest burden countries globally. The major drivers of TB in the Africa region is the HIV epidemic. Inadequate TB diagnostic tools with failure to make a timely diagnosis and start appropriate treatment are the major impediments to TB control in Zambia and globally.

Tuberculosis is a highly prevalent chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Cytokines are important biological mediators that regulate immune and inflammatory responses against the bacilli, witch include the acute phase response. Besides this, it becomes essential to determine markers of healing lesions, once this is currently carried out based on the clinical, radiological, and negative bacterioscopy.